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1-4-26 // In the Beginning: God // Genesis 1:1-5, 26-31 // Who Is the God Who Created Everything?
Pastor Jared Richard began 2026 with a new sermon series on Genesis, starting with Genesis 1:1–5 and 1:26-31. He set the context by imagining the Israelites in the wilderness after the Exodus, questioning who this God was who had rescued them from Egypt. Richard argued that Genesis 1 was written primarily to answer “who” questions about God rather than “how” questions about the mechanics of creation, though he acknowledged that those questions still have importance.
The pastor identified four key attributes of God revealed in Genesis 1. First, God is eternal. He has no beginning and exists…
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